to advocate for the rights
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3.9
- phrasal verb
- /ˈæd.və.keɪt fɔr ðə raɪts/
:
abogar por los derechos
- This paper will assess the role of religious groups in advocating for the rights of persons of Japanese ancestry in North America.
- advocate for the rights and protect
Examples
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Annie Rose actively advocates for the rights of children to ensure their needs are respected.
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For decades, James Comer has been a forceful advocate for the rights of children, particularly African-American and Latino children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Blog text (12) -
We seek to defend and advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the context of the Israeli occupation and military operations.
Blog text (10) -
I also discovered a group that advocated for the rights of women working in industry, and I made plans to join the women's committee of my new union as soon as I was voted in.
Fiction book (1993) -
Groups such as the Setami Melli were formed in the 1960s to advocate for the rights of non-Pashtuns.
Academic text (1997) -
The primary goal of it was, and continues to be, to protect and advocate for the rights of persons with developmental disabilities individually, and when necessary and appropriate, collectively.
Academic text (1995) -
We will continue to advocate for the rights of the immigrant community and fight against all policies and bills that violate the rights and dignity of immigrants.
Academic text (2012) -
This experience demonstrated to the MNRC the necessity of having a strong community organizing component to protect, enhance, and advocate for the rights and services of homeless communities.
Academic text (2007) -
In today's military and political environment, it has never been so important to advocate for the rights of all within the military rank and file to believe as they choose without oppression by superiors.
Academic text (2007) -
The efforts of these groups—from environmental organizations to advocates for the rights of minorities—are affecting neighborhood community organizations, state and federal legislative initiatives, and international environmental agreements.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
343
3.7
To support a cause or policy in public
215
2.8
To publicly support an idea or cause
69
3.9
Publicly support a cause, policy, or idea
64
4.2
To publicly support a cause or person
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3.7
To try to make things fair and protect people's rights
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3.7
Speak or act to support fairness when it is threatened
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to actively support or promote the rights' is directly derivable from combining 'advocate' (to support), 'for' (on behalf of), and 'rights' (entitlements); the article 'the' is purely grammatical. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English verb + preposition + noun structure, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Advocate for the rights comes from the simple image of a person, the advocate, standing at a meeting and using a loud voice to speak for people who cannot speak for themselves. So, to advocate for the rights means 'to support' or 'to speak up' to protect those people's rights.